Bath mit



C. ASHMAN July 27 1948.

BATH MIT 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Aug. 22, 1946 INVENTOR.

CLAIRE ASH MAN ATTORNEY July 27, 1948. c, ASHMAN 2,445,987

BATH MIT Filed Aug. 22, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 v INVENTOR. CLAIRE ASHMAN gm b' ATTORNEY r This invention relates Patented July 27, 1948 UNITED STATES" PATENT ,OFFICE H X 2,445,9s7 f BATH MIT Claire Ashman, Woodside, Long Island, N. Y.

' Application August 22, 1946, Serial No. 692,329

. 2 Claims.

togloves and, more particularly. to mittens for use in washing, bathing,

showering and for other household tasks.

1 One of the objects of the invention is to pro-- vide a bath mitten of i the type described in which the hand may bereadily inserted and which will remain firmly on the hand while in use.

An allied object is to provide a bath mitten which will have means at its wrist portion which will hold the mitten securely in place while in use. In one form of the invention this means takes the form of an elastic element; in another form of the invention, the fastening means is a ribbon or string which may be pulled tight to hold the mitten in place; in another form of the invention,

the Wrist portion is provided with a plurality of spaced fastening elements such as snap fa..-

teners by which the wrist portion of the mitten may be adjusted to the required tightness about the wrist; in still another form of the invention,

a slide fastener is provided along the back of the glove so that when the slide fastener ispulled closed, the mitten will be held tightly on the hand. I i

For further comprehension of theinvention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the form of the improved bath mitten having an elastic element in the wrist portion thereof.

Fig. 2 is a section taken longitudinally through the mitten of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4.- is a perspective of another form in which the wrist portion includes a strap having fastening elements.

Fig. 5 is another perspective view of the mitten of Fig. 4 shown from a different angle, with the said strap opened.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view showing the back of another form of mitten having a slide fastener thereon.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the wrist portion of another form of the improved mitten in which the tightening means is a cord element or ribbon which may be pulled tight at the wrist portion of the mitten.

Referring to the form of the invention; shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the improved mitten, which in this land the other forms of the invention is made of Turkishto-welingmaterial comprising tuft or pile fabric and also sometimes referred to as terry cloth, has a body portion 9, a finger portion ill, a thumb portion H and a wrist portion 12. Encircling the juncture between the wrist portion I2 and the body portion 9 of the mitten is an elastic band It which completely covered and concealed by a strip of binding ma terial I4, the parallel edges of which are sewed to the mitten material in a manner to give full play to the elastic band l3 and at the same time holding itin the stated position on the mitten. Elastic band 13 is somewhat less than the cir-- cumferential length encircling the wrist portion of the mitten so that it imposes a resilient re strictiveness about the wrist portion which will hold the mitten on the hand. A binding i5 may be sewed along the outer edge of the mitten.

In the form of the invention, shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the wrist portion l6 extends along the body portion 9 of the mitten for only about three quarters of the circumference, the remaining portion of the circumference at body portion ii terminating at the edge If, as shown in Fig. 5. In this form of the invention, the wrist mitten portion It is made up of a separate piece of material (which is preferably the same as the rest of the mitten) and is then sewn on at the juncture I8 to the body 9 :of the mitten. This added strap which constitutes the wrist portion of the mitten is longer than the circumference of this part of the mitten so that the strap has an extended tongue l9 at that portion'of the circumference where the strap is not sewed to the body portion. At the end of the tongue 19 and on the inner side thereof (see Fig. 5) is a snap fastener element 20 which cooperates with a selected one of a plurality of fastener elements 2| which are secured at spaced points to the outer surface (see Fig. 4) of the wrist portion strap it. The fastener element 20 of the tongue portion l9 may be fastened toany selected one of the plurality of spaced elements 2| depending on the tightness with which the mitten is made to fit around the wrist. Suitable binding indicated by reference character 22 is provided along thte edges of the wrist portion or strap [6, tongue I9 and at the edge H.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 6, a slide fastener 23 is provided in the back of the body portion 24 of the mitten, opening at the terminal edge 25 of the mitten. The mitten is so dimensioned that by pulling the slide fastener bon 2! is freely movable.

closed, the wrist portion of the mitten will fit tightly about the wrist of the hand.

in the forms of the invention shown and described above there may be provided a loop 26 (Figs. 1 and 6) by which the mitten may be conveniently suspended from a hook or the like. In the form of the invention shown in Fig. '7, the hanging loop is associated with the means for tightening, the wrist portion of the mitten. A narrow ribbon 21 encircles the wrist portion 28 for almost the complete circle except for the short distance 29 which separates a pair of slits 30 and 3| formed. through the material of the wrist portion. The ribbon 21 passes through both slits 3|] and 31 to form a loop portion 32 inside the wrist portion of the mitten. The length of the ribbon 21 is such that the end portion "ts-f the loop extends beyond the outside edge of the mitten and is available at that point for suspending on a hook or the like.

The strip or ribbon '21 is held in its circumferential position about the wrist portion 28 by a .guide comprising a strip of binding material 34 which is sewed along both edges thereof to the mitten material which forms the wrist portion 28, so as .to form a passage in which the rib- Hence by pullingon the loop 32 the ribbon 21 may be pulled tightly about the wrist portion. A snap fastener having one element such as indicated at, issecured to one terminal portion of the ribbon 21 with the other cooperative element 35. secured to the strip at the other side of the loop. The fastener .elements 34 and 35 are sewed to the outer surface of the ribbon 21 and. are so positioned that they become opposite each other inside the wrist portion of the mitten when the ribbon '27! is pulled to the required tightness about the wrist portion.

A plurality of fastener elements maybe provided in spaced relationship along the strip. such as 34' and 352.50 as to enable the wrist portion of the mitten to be given any one of a number of wrist fitting proportions by selecting the proper cooperative fastener elements for securemen-t .to-

.gether.

. receive the body of the hand and a thumb portion to receive the thumb of the hand of the user, ii aid mit also having a wrist portion of flexible tubular construction through which the hand is -inserted,-a guide; said guide comprising a strip ct .bindingimaterial having its side edges secured to the inner surface of said tubular portion and positioned circumferentially with respect thereto, said strip having a pair of spaced slits formed therein, a continuous ribbon disposed 'insaid guide and having portions thereof projecting through each ofsaid slits. to form a handle loop extendable through said :tubularrpor-tion to permitthe vuser to pullsaidhandleloop. to constrict said tubular portion about the: wrist of the .user.

2. A bath mit as. defineddnjclaim a1, andinterlocking :means positioned lonpsaid ribbon adjacent said handle loop, said,,interlocking::.meansbeing operable to maintainsaid :tubular ortion-1 in constricted position about the wristcof the user.

REFERENCES. CIDED The following references are or record in" the file of this patent:

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